08:30am Tue 28 May, 2024
Tauranga-based agritech company Robotics Plus has been named a finalist in the Growth & Scale Category of the 2024 Fieldays Innovation Awards for Prospr, its... Read More
02:00pm Sat 25 May, 2024
The 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Region-off is underway. FMG is reminding locals to get on board with earning points to keep their region at the top... Read More
11:15am Fri 24 May, 2024
Farmers and politicians are no strangers to a stoush over rules and regulations, but they'll be going head-to-head in a different way this weekend. ... Read More
02:00pm Thu 23 May, 2024
The Environmental Protection Authority has announced a decision that hydrogen cyanamide, an active ingredient in sprays such as Hi-Cane, may continue to be used... Read More
05:00pm Thu 16 May, 2024
Over a million trays of New Zealand kiwifruit that were onboard a ship with a mice problem will be destroyed. Mice were found on Zespri's first shipment... Read More
04:00pm Thu 16 May, 2024
A Holstein Friesian that sired more than 17,000 daughters and 90,000 granddaughters has been inducted into a bull ‘Hall of Fame.' Animal genetics company... Read More
06:00pm Wed 15 May, 2024
A kaupapa Māori research approach has brought together Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua and mountaineers to help address the human waste issue at Aoraki/Mount Cook... Read More
08:00am Wed 15 May, 2024
The 2024 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards winners have a lot in common, including a passion for farming, innovation and positive change. DairyNZ chief executive... Read More
08:30am Tue 14 May, 2024
Growers are being asked to have their say in the upcoming levy referendum to enable Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) to continue its work for the sector. The... Read More
01:00pm Fri 10 May, 2024
Students are standing up on buses for more than an hour on State Highway 2 while travelling to and from school due to overcrowding issues, according to concerned... Read More
07:00pm Thu 09 May, 2024
There aren't too many weekends that Southlanders look forward to more than the opening of duck shooting season. It's a weekend that can be a rite of passage,... Read More
02:00pm Wed 08 May, 2024
When she's not tending her one-acre country garden at Otamarakau, near Pukehina Beach, mixed media artists Angela McKenzie is busy creating chaos in her workshop.... Read More